This Day in Beatle History - The Beatle Zone

January 1

1962 - Decca Records Passes On The Beatles

The Beatles auditioned for Decca Records in West Hampstead, London. A&R boss at Decca Dick Rowe turned them down in what is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music industry history. Rowe rejected the band, selecting instead Brian Poole and the Tremeloes.

1962 (Jun 6) - First Beatles Recordings at What Will Become 'Abbey Road'

The first Beatles recording session took place at EMI studios. The group recorded four tracks, one of which was ‘Love Me Do’ the four musicians received payments for the session of £7.10 ($12.07) each.

1963 - Beatles Leave Hamburg for London

The lads depart after playing their last engagement at the Star Club.

1964 - 'Top of the Pops' Debuts (Beatles on film)

Top Of The Pops debuts, broadcast from an old church in Manchester, England. The Beatles appear on film during the show, performing ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’. Live acts miming to their latest releases included The Rolling Stones, (I Wanna Be Your Man), The Dave Clark Five, (Glad All Over), The Hollies, (Stay), and The Swinging Blue Jeans, (Hippy Hippy Shake). The first song played was Dusty Springfield’s ‘I Only Want To Be With You’. Also featured on disc and film, Freddie & the Dreamers, Cliff Richard and the Shadows and Gene Pitney.

1965 - 'I Feel Fine' is #1 in the UK

The single will remain at #1 for the following two weeks.

1965 - Beatles Continue Holiday Show at Hammersmith Odeon

This video is from a December, 1964 show. Same tour.

1966 - Rubber Soul Enters the Billboard Album Charts

1966 (Feb 18) - Brian Wilson Finishes 'Good Vibrations'

Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for the song.

1969 - Marmalade #1 in the UK with 'Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da'

The song was originally featured on ‘The Beatles’. (The White Album)

2007 - Queen Beats Out The Beatles in BBC2 Poll

Queen beat The Beatles to be crowned greatest British band of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners in the UK. Only 20,000 votes were cast by email, text and phone. The bands were judged on song-writing, lyrics, live performances, originality and showmanship. Other finalists included The Rolling Stones and Oasis.

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